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by LiquidRulez:
I dont think ANY watercooling solution' performance is getting close to its limit for cooling with water.
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I disagree. As far as waterblocks are concerned, I don't think you are going to see much better than the "whitewater". If you look at one of Bill Adams tests, you'll see that the baseplate of the liquidCC block is about 7C hotter than the water @100watt load (1.5gpm). Cathar's block should be about 3 or 4C better, so the baseplate should be about 3C above water temp. Since the effort needed to get the baseplate the same temp as the water would be unrealistic, I doubt we will ever see more than a 1 or 2C improvement. (Since cathar's block hasn't being properly tested against the LiquidCC, the actual numbers are debatable)
The biggest problem is the loss at the T.I.M. joint. No design, aside from direct die cooling, should have any affect on that loss.